Newport Cove Setting Features Pond, Trees

With a name like Newport Cove, ideally a subdivision should be by an ocean or at least a large lake.

Neither aquatic amenity is available in northwest suburban Carpentersville, so the developer created his own water features. They include a three-acre pond, two bridges and a water spout.

In addition to its water-oriented entrance, Newport Cove, a development of Cambridge Homes, is distinctive because of its setting. Homes are being built on 59 rolling acres with stands of 100-foot-tall trees.

The subdivision is offering 75 Suburban single-family homes, Cambridge`s newest and most affordable line. The six Suburban designs range from 1,095 to 1,784 square feet of living area and are priced from $122,490 to $150,090. They have two or three bedrooms and 1 1/2 or 2 1/2 baths.

``We introduced our Suburban homes for the first-time buyer,`` said Richard J. Brown, president of Cambridge.

However, the majority of the 38 purchasers to date have been moveup buyers from multifamily housing, said Ann Masterson, sales representative.

One of the most popular Suburban homes is the Oxford II model, a ranch that offers a two-story ambiance because of an extensive use of volume ceilings. It features vaulted ceilings in the family room, living room and formal dining area and volume ceilings in the bedrooms. Priced from $141,990 to $147,990, it has three bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, and a two-car garage. A basement is $8,000 extra.

Newport Cove also is offering 75 homes in the more expensive Cambridge series, with homes ranging from 1,776 to 2,270 square feet and from $149,490 to $184,190.

Newport Cove is Cambridge`s first venture in Kane County. The subdivision, on the north side of Huntley Road a half-mile west of Illinois Highway 31, is within a mile of the Fox River, 2 1/2 miles from Interstate Highway 90 and five miles from the future Sears site in Hoffman Estates. The Spring Hill Mall is nearby.